Celebrating the 53rd anniversary of its release on June 7th, Greg has once again chosen a Hammer film starring his favorite actor to portray Count Dracula, “Taste the Blood of Dracula”. Join Greg and Karen as they discuss the film while they enjoy our second cocktail called “Dracula’s Blood“. The recipe that Greg found on youtube.com is below.

Dracula’s Blood Cocktail Recipe

• 4 cherries
• 1/4 oz simple syrup
• 1 1/2 oz merlot
• 1 oz bourbon
• 1 lemon slice

Instructions:

1. Add cherries to a cocktail shaker and gently muddle to break the skins.
   
2. Add ice, simple syrup, merlot, and bourbon to the shaker.
   
3. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice. Serve with a lemon slice.
   

A Brief Synopsis: Three elderly and distinguished gentlemen, searching for some excitement in their boring lives, get in contact with one of Count Dracula’s servants.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

• Karen gives us some history on snow globes.
  
• We learn about the Hudson Soap Company.
  
• Why did women ride horses sidesaddle?
  
• There is a reference made to Ozzy Osbourne
  
• Greg makes a reference to Black Sabbath bass player Geezer Butler.
  

Our rating of the film:

This movie was OK. It took us 3 cocktails to get through it.

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